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Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity

Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity

Elitza Katzarova
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781466660663|ISBN10: 146666066X|EISBN13: 9781466660670
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch016
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Katzarova, Elitza. "Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity." Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 258-272. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch016

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Katzarova, E. (2014). Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity. In A. Solo (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age (pp. 258-272). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch016

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Katzarova, Elitza. "Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity." In Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo, 258-272. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-6066-3.ch016

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Abstract

What role is there for publicity in the global anti-corruption debate? This chapter introduces the concepts of “transparency” and “publicity” as analytical tools that account for differentiated channels through which the availability of information can induce social change. Two case studies provide insights into the role of traditional media in comparison to new social media. The first case analyzes the role of Western news coverage during the negotiations of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention in the mid-1990s and the threat of publicity as a negotiation strategy. The second case investigates the role of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube in the success of the anti-corruption strike carried out by Indian social activist Anna Hazare in 2011. By introducing and further applying the conceptual toolkit of “transparency” and “publicity” to both cases, this chapter argues that transparency requires publicity or in the case of the OECD negotiations—the threat of publicity—in order for the anti-corruption campaign to be successful. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the ramifications for transparency and publicity as tools for social change.

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